In the late '90s, actress Lizzy Caplan met a couple of up-and-coming teenage actors named Seth Rogen and James Franco on the set of a cult, soon-to-be-canceled NBC series called "Freaks and Geeks." Just 15 herself, Caplan had never acted professionally before and spent much of her time on the show feeling nervous and confused.

When he calls you up on the phone, actor Jason Segel — of "How I Met Your Mother," "The Muppets," and Judd Apatow-affiliated fame — is just the sort of person you hope Jason Segel will be: funny, disarming and Nick Andopolis-level nice (though...

All those who have spent the past few years complaining about Judd Apatow movies -- about the length or the plotlines or that they're all about shlubby guys getting attractive girls or that they're nothing but pot jokes -- all those people can take it...

Sunday will be a busy night.
"Breaking Bad" (AMC, Sunday). After 10,000 episodes, the gold-encrusted body of "Breaking Bad" will be laid to rest Sunday night, with much gnashing of teeth and rending of garments, after which we can officially begin...

It's been seven years since the end of President Jed Bartlet's second term on the NBC drama, "The West Wing," but the memory of the series is still fresh enough that when Rob Lowe unexpectedly stepped into the real White House briefing room, the assembled...

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They say that television is a writer's medium, so it makes sense that the Writers Guild of America would have its own list of the 101 greatest TV shows of all time.
At the top of the list is "The Sopranos," HBO's multiple award-winning hit series that ended its run in 2007.
Assembled for the very first time, the list selects the best of TV from early sitcoms, like "The Honeymooners," to current programs such as "Homeland" and "Louie."
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Kristen Wiig has just come off an average Saturday night, one that required her to wear a 2-foot-high wig, shuffle lethargically around a stripper pole and bury her face in Helen Mirren's cleavage.
"I was like, 'Are you cool with this? 'Cause I'm really gonna get in there,'" Wiig said of rehearsing the "magical bosom" scene with the 65-year-old British actress. "She was like, 'Oh yeah. Do whatever you need to do and stay in there as long as you want.' And I did. It's pretty intense in there."
Since...

Blythe Danner feels right at home on stage in the Berkshire hills.
After a 12-year absence, the actress is returning to the Williamstown Theatre Festival that shaped her early career nearly 40 years ago and where she continued to return over the decades. She is starring in a new play, Lucy Boyle's "The Blue Deep" that begins performances Wednesday and continues through July 8.
"It's a major event to have Blythe Danner here," says Jenney Gersten, producing director for the summer theater festival at...

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One of the first things you notice during the opening credits of "Sleepwalk with Me" is a producing acknowledgment that reads simply: "In association with WBEZ Chicago's This American Life."
Chicago's largest public radio station is in the movie business. Sort of.
Based on a monologue from comedian Mike Birbiglia about his intense problems with sleepwalking, which first aired on "This American Life" in 2008 (and was later expanded into an off-Broadway one-man show), the semi-autobiographical film...

Judd Apatow and his wife, Leslie Mann, have sold their Pacific Palisades home for $5.26 million, the Multiple Listing Service shows.
The traditional house sits behind gates on nearly an acre at the end of a cul-de-sac. Built in 1997, the stately 6,000-square-foot home evokes an older era with a wood-paneled library that has a secret room — just the place to write a murder-mystery but perhaps not an irreverent comedy? Regardless, a new owner will have five bedrooms, 51/2 bathrooms, a playroom and...

Actor James Franco, who starred as Harry Osborn -- the New Green Goblin -- in "Spider-Man," has listed his Sunset Strip-area compound for $3,695,000.
The Spanish-style villa, built in 1923, has three bedrooms and 3 1/2 bathrooms in 4,000 square feet. There are vaulted and beamed ceilings, city views and a master bedroom suite with a 19th century marble bathtub. The walled and gated property includes a swimming pool and a guest casita. Franco, 31, starred in "Pineapple Express" (2008) and "Milk" (2008),...